ProVari P3 build help

[RifterKnights]

Hello fellow vapors!

I just recently got into vaporing, quit my 2 packs a day nasty habit 1 month ago and haven't looked back.
I just ordered a ProVari P3 with an Aspire Nautilus tank(P3 threads) and the optional AW IMR 18650 2200 mAh batteries. Should be here Friday or so, can't wait!
I was seriously thinking about getting the Z Atty Pro v2.1 to use with the ProVari. I do understand it's a dripper style tank. I use a itaste MVP with a KangerAeroTank2 right now.

My question is: Is this a good tank/dripper? Is there a better choice?
A friend has a fogger style dripper and I don't think I like the hassle of filling it every 15 minutes. Nor do I like all the leaking it does. I was reading on here about people using the xc-116 wicks(the treated ones of course). Is that the way to go? I assume the 3mm ones? And is the a set wire size to use?

Any advice or opinions on setups would be greatly appreciated as I am new to this.

 

[Moodyfisherman]

You are set up pretty nice with the Nautilus tank and the P3.............the Z atty pro is a different animal....you are fine with what you bought....I use the P3 and a Kayfun lite plus V2...and rebuild the coils and wicking with cotton...superpb vape....keep reading and learing the ropes and you are in the right zone...I love the boost feature....gets a great vape from the push of the button till you let go...

 

[The Ocelot]

Hi

The ZAP is a gennie style RDA. Some people like them, but they can leak a lot if not kept upright. For a first rebuildable the Kayfun/Russian 91% style is much easier. The Lemo is also getting good reviews if one like an airier draw.

There is a whole thread devoted to the P3 down in the ProVape forum. You can read it now, but will need 5 posts before you can post there.

ETA: As Moody said, you've got a sweet set-up on the way. You might want to vape what you have for a bit before you start buying more.

 

[RifterKnights]

I will give this new setup a try when it arrives. I shouldn't knock it before I even try it. I just saw a video about the ProVari with that Atty and it looked pretty good as I am "almost" tired of replacing my coils all the time. Seemed like a decent idea to at least check into a rebuildable setup. I buy all my juice from Virgin and always 100% organic at 6-18% nicotine, hopefully that will lower in time to 0%. Maybe using the 100% is trashing my coils faster? I stay with cherry flavors but none taste anything like cherry so I thought maybe a better rig might help that. The Atty does look pretty sweet though...hard to resist.

Thank you for your advice. Still lots to learn!

 

[RifterKnights]

Understood. I will head there now. Thank you.

Hi

The ZAP is a gennie style RDA. Some people like them, but they can leak a lot if not kept upright. For a first rebuildable the Kayfun/Russian 91% style is much easier. The Lemo is also getting good reviews if one like an airier draw.

There is a whole thread devoted to the P3 down in the ProVape forum. You can read it now, but will need 5 posts before you can post there.

 

[The Ocelot]

I will give this new setup a try when it arrives. I shouldn't knock it before I even try it. I just saw a video about the ProVari with that Atty and it looked pretty good as I am "almost" tired of replacing my coils all the time. Seemed like a decent idea to at least check into a rebuildable setup. I buy all my juice from Virgin and always 100% organic at 6-18% nicotine, hopefully that will lower in time to 0%. Maybe using the 100% is trashing my coils faster? I stay with cherry flavors but none taste anything like cherry so I thought maybe a better rig might help that. The Atty does look pretty sweet though...hard to resist.

Thank you for your advice. Still lots to learn!

High vg ratio will gunk up wicks faster, no matter if the coils are stock or rebuilt, but a RBA (dripper or tank) is usually easier to rewick than a stock head.

As far as cherry - good luck. I like cherry flavored just about anything, except e-liquid. The juices I have tried either taste like cough syrup, soap or plastic, no matter what I've used to vape it. Others probably have had better experiences or it wouldn't be sold anymore.

 

[drunkenbatman]

I buy all my juice from Virgin and always 100% organic at 6-18% nicotine, hopefully that will lower in time to 0%. Maybe using the 100% is trashing my coils faster? I stay with cherry flavors but none taste anything like cherry so I thought maybe a better rig might help that. The Atty does look pretty sweet though...hard to resist.

1. Different hardware won't make your eliquid suddenly taste like you hope it will. It might make it more pronounced, it might help complex flavors come through more -- but it is not going to make something taste like cherry. More likely this is an issue with the flavoring not matching up with your expectation.

2. What's trashing your coils is the flavoring. It may be what they are using in general gunks the coils faster than you'd like, or it could be only some of their flavors. Organic eliquid is... a whole ball of worms, to put it politely while mixing metaphors.

Different flavorings and sweeteners do different things when heated -- and usually organic in the eliquid sense means they aren't using artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners, though some have decided it means no pg-based flavorings, and some have decided it means what they say it means -- not that they've been deemed safe to inhale or vape well. Some even use sugar here and there, which will murder a coil (stevia is more common, but has a flavor).

For fun, ask them where they're getting their certified-organic nicotine.

3. I can't speak to the z-atty-pro specifically, but I'm not a huge fan of the genesis-style tanks anymore. They're fiddly, I'm feeling over syringe designs, and you can accomplish the same for way less than $140. I figure if I have to worry about something laying on it's side, why not a dripper? And if I want a rebuildable tank, there are more solid options, and if I want something that combines the two there's stuff like the Lemo Drop.

HIH